When Vince Gasparro's daughter suddenly fell ill last year, the "total chaos" he witnessed in the emergency department of a Toronto hospital spurred his desire to enter electoral politics.
Even though his daughter ultimately received "phenomenal" care, the expected wait time displayed on a clock in the ER was more than nine hours, he said.
On the way home from the hospital, Gasparro turned on the car radio and listened to a news report about provincial debt racked up under Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government.